Publisher's Synopsis
Gladiator. Slave. Savage killer. That is what he is, the only life he has ever known. But all that is about to change. Because within him grows a great and terrible power, one that drives him steadily toward madness and doom. And a strange encounter puts him into the hands of an ancient mage, as legendary as she is mysterious. He is wild and wary, yet he must learn to trust her: his very life rests in her hands. But the rising power inside him threatens them both-and in the depths of his tortured past lies a secret that will affect the fate of the world.
